12 Days of Science: Day 2
With a greater interest in atomic energy, nuclear reactors and waste are becoming a topic of Holiday conversation this year. And more and more students are pursuing academic careers in nuclear engineering and physics.
University of Oregon is engineering a smaller, safer and terrorist proof nuclear reactor that can be buried and run by itself for two years.
The Hanford nuclear reservation is turning nuclear weapons waste into glass in an effort to clean up one of the most contaminated sites in the U.S.
And, physicists are still struggling with fusion, though there are a few glimmers on the horizon.
